Fürstliche Verwahrung?

Familiale Gefangennahmen als Mittel dynastischer Politik

Brüder nehmen Brüder gefangen, Söhne ihre Mütter und Väter ihre Kinder. Der frühneuzeitliche Adel war nicht zimperlich, wenn es darum ging, aufmüpfige Familienmitglieder in ihre Schranken zu verweisen. Eine familiale Gefangennahme konnte vom kurzen Hausarrest bis zur lebenslangen Haft reichen. Dabei ist dieses Phänomen noch größtenteils unerforscht.

Who were Olga and Heinrich Spiero?

In the course of the project ‘Assets looted by the Nazis among the Herzog August Bibliothek’s acquisitions made between 1933 and 1969’, funded by the Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste (German Lost Art Foundation), a volume that had belonged to Heinrich and Olga Spiero was clearly identified as such an asset and has in the meantime been restituted. What is the story behind this volume and who were the rightful owners?

A testimony to ecclesiastical natural history and an archive of historical biodiversity

The Herbarium Ruperti (1700) of the HAB

The project aims to digitise and produce an in-depth catalogue of the Herbarium Ruperti, coupled with an analysis of its cultural history and its place within the history of science. This unique three-volume collection of herbaria from the early modern period was created around 1700 by a pietist theologian and presents some 1,300 dried plants from what is now Lower Saxony.

Visual expressions of war

An Interview with Clifton Meador – awardee of the Artists’ Book Prize 2024

In this episode of "Hab gehört," we are joined by Clifton Meador, the winner of the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel and Curt Mast Jägermeister Stiftung Artists' Book Prize. Clifton Meador, book artist and Professor of Graphic Design and Graphic Communication, shares insights into his captivating project that intertwines art and history.

The libraries and scholarly practices of female rulers in the German-speaking lands in the 18th century

Reconstruction, function and significance

In recent years, researchers have taken an increasing interest in the female ownership of books. However, there has as yet been no large-scale investigation of the practice and organisation of scholarship amongst women in the 18th century or any study of their literary inclinations and languistic preferences. This project examines approximately 100 documented libraries owned by female rulers in the German-speaking lands during that period.

HAB-Repository

The institutional publication platform of the Herzog August Bibliothek

The new Herzog August Bibliothek online platform for publications is launching in style with unlimited free access to forty retro-digitised works that were brought out by the library’s own publishing arm. Further existing scholarly publications – which have previously appeared in print – and research data will be added on a rolling basis.

HAB gehört

The podcast of the Herzog August Bibliothek

The Herzog August Bibliothek has many faces – both literally and figuratively. In HAB gehört we spotlight them, allowing you to take a closer look at the wide range of content HAB has to offer.